Final Cut Pro X 10.4.2

Completely redesigned from scratch, Final Cut Pro combines a revolutionary video editing with the best content organization and extraordinary performance to create at an unrivaled speed.

Revolutionary video editing
• Version 2 of the magnetic timeline uses advanced metadata for quicker and easier editing than with traditional tracks.
• Use clip connections to attach additional footage, sound effects and music to the timeline.
• Group clips into a composite clip to better organize yourself.
• Edit multi-camera projects with automatic synchronization based on audio waves and up to 64 camera angles.
• Import and edit 360 ° equirectangular video in many formats and frame sizes.

Incredible performance
• Final Cut Pro uses all of the Mac’s GPUs for superior performance in real-time playback and fast background rendering.
• The 64-bit architecture uses all the RAM to work on larger projects.
• Background processing allows you to work without interruptions.
• Work natively with a wide range of formats, such as ProRes, RED, XAVC, AVCHD or H.264 from DSLR.

Amazing and customizable effects
• 2D and 3D titles easily customizable and with great animations.
• Choose from the wide variety of third-party FxPlug modules with custom interfaces.

Intuitive color grading
• Import, edit and distribute videos with standard color spaces or with the Rec. 2020 color space.
• Improve clips with “Balance color”.
• Precisely adjust the color of an area of ​​the screen with modulations and masks.
• Use curves and color wheels to make precise adjustments with modulations and masks.

Optimized output in one step
• Export projects quickly for Apple devices and sites such as Vimeo, YouTube and Facebook.
• Add content to themed menus and burn a DVD or Blu-ray.
• Import and export XML (for color gradation and mix of sounds, for example).

What’s new in version 10.4

360 ° virtual reality editing
• Import and edit 360 ° equirectangular video in many formats and frame sizes.
• Send 360 ° video to connected VR glasses. *
• Open the 360 ​​° viewer to show the equirectangular view and the view of the glasses when editing.
• Track the movement of VR glasses in the 360 ​​° viewfinder in Final Cut Pro.
• Add 360 ° effects, such as blurring and glare.
• Share 360 ​​° video on YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo.
• Use 360 ​​° correction to instantly remove cameras and equipment from the scene.
• Use the Horizon overlay to easily change the orientation of the 360 ​​° video in the viewfinder.
• Edit 360 ° video in a project that is not 360 ° and animate the zoom, tilt and pan.
• Place any graphic, still image or video in a 360 ° project and change its position and size to fit perfectly in the 360 ​​° scene.
• Compatibility with 360 ° monoscopic and stereoscopic video.

Advanced color grading
• The specific color tab of the inspector includes all color controls in one place.
• New and efficient control wheels enhance traditional wheels with integrated regulators to adjust hue, saturation and brightness.
• Color curves allow adjustments to be made with great precision through various control points to change the color and contrast.
• Hue / saturation curves allow you to select a hue or brightness level to make adjustments without modifying other parts of the image.
• Use the eyedropper in the color and hue / saturation curves to quickly take samples of parts of an image to make adjustments.
• The “Balance color” command includes an eyedropper to manually perform white balance.
• Apply custom LUTs from well-known color gradation sites and apps.
• Adjust color corrections over time with precise keyframe controls.
• Streamline color correction with new quick keyboard functions for color matching and feature-based time-line navigation.
• Color presets are now in the effects browser, which allows for quick previews and searches.

High dynamic range
• Import, edit and publish HDR video as Rec. 2020 HLG or Rec. 2020 PQ for HDR10.
• Send video to third-party HDR screens using third-party I / O devices.
• Integrated wave monitoring indicates HDR brightness levels up to 10,000 nits.
• The “HDR Tools” effect facilitates the assignment of HDR output tone to standard dynamic range (SDR), as well as the conversion between the PQ and HLG formats.
• Option to see HDR as uncompressed values ​​when working without an HDR monitor.

What’s New in the Version:
• Fixes a problem that could cause other clips to be unintentionally selected in the timeline when selecting multiple clips with the Shift key or the marquee selection.
• Solves problems related to XML import and export.